Windshield attachment



Mar. 13, 1923.

.W. WELSHAUSEN WINDSHIELD ATTACHMENT Filed Aug. 17, 1921 Patented at.13, 1923.

WILLIAM WELSHAUSEN, OF .ALLENHURST, NEW JERSEY.

WINDSHIELD ATTACHMENT.

Application filed August 17, 1921. Serial No. 492,985.

[0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WHLLIAM WnLs- HAUsnN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Allenhurst, in the county of Monmouth and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWindshield Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, eflicient andinexpensive device which may be readily applied to the frame of anautomobile windshield or to the frame of the machine and readilyadjusted so as to shade the eyes of the chaufieur from the glare ofapproaching headlights or the glare from the sun when the same is low inthe sky. The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings andwill be herein after fully set forth.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device inposition upon the frame of a Windshield;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the casing and the supports for thesame separated but. in their proper relative positions.

The windshield, indicated generally at 1, may be of any usual orpreferred form. In carrying out my invention, I employ a cylindricalcasing '2 which is split from end to end, as shown at 3, to provide aslot or opening through which the shade 4 may be drawn. The cylindricalcasing 2 is provided in its-exterior surface, adjacent each end, with anannular groove 5 and, within the casing, the shade 4 is wound upon aspring shade roller of well-known type. The casing 2 is supported by andbetween end caps 6 which are each provided with a lateral supporting armor bracket 7 formed at its extremity with a base 8 through whichfastening devices may be inserted into the frame of the windshield orsome fixed part of the automobile. The caps are provided centrally withopenings 9 to receive the trunnions of the shade roller and one of theseopenings is circular, while the other is elongated to be engaged by thecorresponding trunnions and thereby cause winding and unwinding of thespring, as usual.

The rim portion of each cap has small projections or teats 1O struckinwardly therefrom to engage the grooves 5 in the casing 2 so that,after the ends of the casing have been sprung into the caps, theaccidental separation of the caps and the casing will be prevented butthe casing may be shifted pivotally wlthin the caps. so as to bring theopening or slot 3 through which the shade 4: passes into such positionas is most convenient or desirable to the chauffeur.

It 18 thought the use of the device will be evident from theaccompanying drawings and the foregoing description. In daylight whenthe sun is high or behind a cloud sci that 1t does not shine directlyinto the eyes of the chauffeur, the shade may be raised so as to bewound Within the casing, but if there should 'be a glare which blindsthe chauffeur or interferes with his control of the machine, the shademay be readily pulled down so as to cut off the glare While permitting aclear view of the road ahead. The device is exceedingly simple and maybe readily installed at a very low cost. When the device 1s applied, itdoes not interfere in any way with the usual operation of the machlne orthe adjustment of the windshield or of any other parts, and it obviously0c cuples very little space so that it does not detract from thesightliness of the automoblle. The casing is somewhat resilient so thatthe frictional engagement between the exterior surface of the casing andthe intenor surface of the rims of the caps will suflice to hold thecasing in a set position.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An attachment for automobile windshields comprising a cylindricalcasing split from end to end to provide an exit and provided exteriorilyadjacent each end with an annular groove, end caps provided withinternal projections adapted to engage in said annular grooves wherebyto support the casmg and permit rotation of the same, said end capsbeing provided centrally with openings to receive the trunnions of ashade roller housed within the casing, and sup porting arms extendinglaterally from said end caps and adapted to be secured to a fixedsupport.

2. An attachment for Windshields comprising a resilient split casing,end caps rotatably receiving the casing and frictionally engagedthereby, means for preventing wlthdrawal of the end caps from the easmg,and a shade wound within the casing and adjustable through the splittherein.

3. A shade holder including a s lit caslng having grooves opening into51c split of the casing, and end caps fitting over the ends of thecasing and provided with means adapted to enter said grooves through thesplit of the casing to engage in said grooves normally locking the capsagainst displacement.

4. A shade holder including a split: casing having grooves opening intothe split of the casing, and end caps fitting over the ends of thecasing and provided with means 10 adapted to enter said grooves throughthe WILLIAM WELSHAUSEN. Y [L. s]

